Pauses. Deletes it. Types again: I can’t do this alone.
“It’s always about her. Three months. Three months since you told me, and you’ve already moved her into a condo two blocks from our daughter’s school. You introduced Chloe to her last weekend, didn’t you?”
“Get out of my kitchen.”
“ Get out. ”
She sends it to her lawyer. Then sets the phone down, face against the cool marble, as the heartburn burns and burns and will not stop. MissaX 24 06 11 Rachael Cavalli Heartburn Pt 1
“Rachael, we can’t keep both. You know that.”
He exhales. Sets down his briefcase. Finally crosses the threshold, but keeps the island between them. Pauses
“That house was my mother’s. She left it to me, not us. You don’t get to sell it because your new girlfriend wants a pool.”